Workshops

  • “Spe­cial Kids, Spe­cial Fam­i­lies”
    North­west Illi­nois School Dis­trict, 2009

  • “Col­lege Plan­ning for Your Spe­cial Needs Stu­dent”
    Notre Dame High School, 2008, 2009

  • “Tra­di­tional and Non-traditional Board­ing Schools: Which is the ‘Right’ Match?”
    Focus on Children’s Under­stand­ing in School – Hong Kong, 2008

  • “Col­lege Bound – Who is Really Going to Col­lege?”
    Hins­dale High School, 2008

  • “For Your Spe­cial Needs Stu­dent“
    Notre Dame High School (Chicago, IL), 2007

  • “Help­ing Chil­dren with Spe­cial Needs: Suc­cess­fully Nav­i­gat­ing the Bureau­cratic Maze of Spe­cial Edu­ca­tion”
    Cir­cuit Court of Cook County, 2007

  • “Help­ing Your Child with Spe­cial Needs Suc­ceed in School” and “Tran­si­tion­ing to High School/Public School vs Pri­vate School“
    Hyde Park Day School (Chicago, IL), 2006

  • “Edu­ca­tional Options: Tra­di­tional to Non-Traditional”
    Sin­ga­pore Amer­i­can Com­mu­nity Action Coun­cil (Sin­ga­pore), 2006

  • “Col­lege & Post-Secondary Options for Stu­dents with LD/ADHD
    Sin­ga­pore Amer­i­can School/Singapore, China for par­ent group, 2006

  • “Mak­ing a Match: Choos­ing Post-Secondary Options”
    North Shore Spe­cial Edu­ca­tion Dis­trict, 2006

  • “Col­lege Plan­ning for Your Spe­cial Needs Stu­dent”
    New Trier Par­ent Group, 2005

  • ADHD: Teach­ing Your Child to be Inde­pen­dent”
    Par­ent Uni­ver­sity, High­land Park High School, 2004

  • “Post-Secondary Options for Spe­cial Needs Stu­dents“
    Parent-To-Parent Group, Lyons Town­ship High School, 2004

  • “Post-Secondary Options for Stu­dents with Learn­ing Dis­abil­i­ties
    Par­ent Night, Arling­ton Heights Dis­trict 214, 2004

  • “Col­lege for LD & ADD Stu­dents“
    Jeri­cho High School (Jeri­cho, NY), 2003

  • NVLD: Strate­gies for Home and School“
    Wil­mette Pub­lic Library Lec­ture Series, 2003

  • “Col­lege Plan­ning and Accom­mo­da­tions for Stu­dents with ADHD, LD and Other Learn­ing Dif­fer­ences“
    Hong Kong Inter­na­tional School Con­fer­ence, 2002

  • “Edu­ca­tional Options for Chil­dren and Ado­les­cents: Board­ing Schools, Col­leges And Other Alter­na­tive Edu­ca­tional Pro­grams“
    Hong Kong Inter­na­tional School Con­fer­ence, 2002

  • “Miss­ing Social Cues“
    Par­ent Uni­ver­sity, 2002

  • “How to Help Your Child be Socially Savvy“
    Glen­view Par­ent Uni­ver­sity, 2002

  • “Help­ing Par­ents Under­stand Behav­ior Related to LD & ADHD
    Glen­view Par­ent Uni­ver­sity, 2002

  • “Rais­ing Chil­dren with Spe­cial Needs“
    National Asso­ci­a­tion of Adop­tive Fam­i­lies, 2002

  • “Under­stand­ing and Rais­ing the Child with ADD
    Par­ent Uni­ver­sity, 2001

  • “Mak­ing a Match”
    CHADD North Sub­ur­ban, 2001

  • “Par­ent­ing Chil­dren and Ado­les­cents with LD/ADHD
    The Adop­tion Expe­ri­ence Con­fer­ence, 2001

  • “Col­lege Bound: Tak­ing the Guess­work Out of the Col­lege Process”
    Illi­nois Branch of the Inter­na­tional Dyslexia Assn. 15th Annual Con­fer­ence, 2001

  • “Mak­ing a Match: Choos­ing the Right Col­lege or Post-Secondary Option“
    CHADD, 2000

  • “Enabling the Dis­abled“
    Keshet, 2000

  • “Par­ent­ing the Ado­les­cent With LD/ADHD
    Asso­ci­a­tion of Adop­tive Fam­i­lies, 2000

  • “What If…Survival Skills and Tech­niques in Rais­ing Chil­dren with Learn­ing Dis­abil­i­ties”
    Par­ent Uni­ver­sity, 1999

  • “Rais­ing the Child with ADHD
    New Trier Exten­sion, 1999

  • “The Emo­tional Issues of Rais­ing Pre-teens and Teens with Spe­cial Needs“
    Asso­ci­a­tion of Adop­tive Fam­i­lies, 1999

  • “Man­ag­ing Learn­ing Dis­abil­ity Prob­lems“
    Evanston Hos­pi­tal, 1998

  • “Par­ent­ing the Child With Spe­cial Needs“
    Par­ent Uni­ver­sity, 1998

  • “I’m Going to Col­lege“
    Pro­fes­sion­als in Learn­ing Dis­abil­i­ties, 1998

  • “Send Me a Life­jacket: Rais­ing Kids with LD and/or ADD/ADHD
    Par­ent Uni­ver­sity, 1997 & 1998

  • “Col­leges and the Stu­dent With Learn­ing Dis­abil­i­ties“
    Hunter Col­lege Alumni Asso­ci­a­tion, 1994 & 1996

  • “The Par­ents of Learn­ing Dis­abled Chil­dren“
    Evanston Hos­pi­tal, 1993 & 1998

  • “The Many Options for Stu­dents With Learn­ing Dis­abil­i­ties“
    Cove School Con­fer­ence, 1992 & 1998

  • “Does Learn­ing Dis­abled Mean Future Dis­abled?“
    Deer­field Pub­lic Library, 1991

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